Re: [DNG] Open Letter To Linas Vepstas

2016-05-01 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2016 01 May 05:04 -0500, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 30/04/2016 23:07, Nate Bargmann a écrit : > > For how long haven't we been reading about and watching various > >videos from FOSS conferences only to realize they're often using the most > >proprietary hardware and software in the world today,

Re: [DNG] Open Letter To Linas Vepstas

2016-05-01 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 30/04/2016 23:07, Nate Bargmann a écrit : For how long haven't we been reading about and watching various videos from FOSS conferences only to realize they're often using the most proprietary hardware and software in the world today, AND DAMNED PROUD OF IT. And you know why they're so

Re: [DNG] Open Letter To Linas Vepstas

2016-05-01 Thread aitor_czr
On 04/30/2016 09:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: The URL*should* be http://troubleshooters.com/linux/avoid_complexity.htm Thanks Lars!!! SteveT If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem... Very good essay, Steve :) Aitor.

Re: [DNG] Open Letter To Linas Vepstas

2016-05-01 Thread dev1fanboy
A good read. It reminds me of when I assumed windows/ms-dos was the only OS you could install on a PC, many years of ranting and about two of which when I knew that "linux" existed and I finally switched, then changed distro shortly after due to the bloat of the "recommended" newbie distros and

Re: [DNG] Open Letter To Linas Vepstas

2016-04-30 Thread Fernando M. Maresca
so +1. Thanks. On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 04:07:33PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > While his rant is about a year old, I wonder if things have improved for > him? > > When he discusses GNOME Shell, etc., perhaps what he doesn't realize is > that many of those developers may not be eating their own

Re: [DNG] Open Letter To Linas Vepstas

2016-04-30 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:59:55 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > A guy named Linas Vepstas wrote this essay/rant: > > http://linas.org/?utm_content=buffer5190b > > In response, I wrote this Open Letter to Linas Vepstas at: > >

[DNG] Open Letter To Linas Vepstas

2016-04-30 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, A guy named Linas Vepstas wrote this essay/rant: http://linas.org/?utm_content=buffer5190b In response, I wrote this Open Letter to Linas Vepstas at: file:///d/websites/tjunct/linux/avoid_complexity.htm Devuan's mentioned a couple times. SteveT Steve Litt April 2016 featured book: